(per the Hon’ble Mr.Justice

T.Ch. Surya Rao)

The Writ Petitioners seek an appropriate writ or order or direction in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus/Certiorari to quash the judgment dated 29-10-2002 passed by the learned Special Court in L.G.C.No.9 of 1997.

2. The Writ Petitioners along with their mother, Smt.M.Savithri, are the applicants in L.G.C.No.9 of 1997 before the Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act (for short, the Act’) Hyderabad. The respondents herein are the respondents therein. The application was filed to declare the respondents as land grabbers qua the land measuring Acs.5.16 guntas covered by Sy.No.10 and Acs.1.35 guntas covered by Sy.No.12 of Kompally village, Quthubullapur Mandal, R.R.District (for short ‘the disputed land’).

3. Briefly stated, their case was that late M.Shankaraiah, the father of the applicants and the husband of Savithramma, was the owner of the disputed land. He filed a suit in O.S.No.30 of 1966 on the file of the Munsif Magistrate East and North, Hyderabad, against one, Narsareddy and Laxmareddy for recovery of possession of the said land which had been in their illegal occupation. The suit was decreed ex parte aga